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Honda profits up thanks to improving bike sales
By Visordown News on 27/04/2012 11:50:19
Income more than doubles compared to last year
HONDA has announced its fourth-quarter financial results – and the firm says its consolidated operating income is 2.4 times greater than it was during the same period in 2011.Given how tough the bike market has been, at least in Europe, it
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Yamaha announce £327 million loss
By Visordown News on 28/01/2009 09:24:25
Top executives to take pay cut as global financial crisis sets in
YAMAHA HAS posted its first quarterly loss in at least four years, reports Bloomberg.com The firm had a fourth-quarter loss of £327 million. The figure was calculated by financial company Bloomberg from preliminary full-year figures released
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General Motors sells its Suzuki shares for £156m
By Visordown News on 19/11/2008 10:21:37
Struggling American car giant flogs assets to help stem their massive losses
quarter reports and revealed that it has suffered a net loss of $2.5bn in the third quarter alone and has been trying to secure an emergency government loan along with its Detroit competitors.Suzuki has said that both firms would work together on some
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Harley-Davidson profits slump by 91 per cent
By Visordown News on 16/07/2009 16:05:42
Over 1,000 jobs to go as global economic downturn bites hard
AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE giant Harley-Davidson is cutting a further 1,000 jobs as the company's net profits fell by 91%.Recent figures show a drop of $19.8m (£12m) for the April to June quarter, down 91% from the $223m profit for the same period last
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Honda top 2011 Q1 sales Chart
By Nathan Clark on 26/05/2011 12:11:09
Sales figures for 2011 Q1 reveal Honda, Yamaha and Triumph in the top three
compared to 2009.Piaggio - who only sell scooters - are in seventh place ahead of Harley-Davidson and KTM, with Ducati rounding out the top ten.Top 10 Motorcycle and Scooter sales for Q1 2011:Honda 3913Yamaha 2518Triumph 1913BMW 1532Suzuki 1456Kawasaki 1384
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Motorcycle helmet use declines in the USA
By Visordown News on 20/04/2011 07:57:57
...but fatalities show a small drop too
in 2009.According to the GHSA's figures, in 2008 42% of fatally-injured motorcyclists were not wearing helmets. 2009 was the first year where motorcycle fatalities decreased for 11 years. Motorcycle fatalities more than doubled from 1997 to 2008.Only 20
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Bike sales in Europe down a third since 2008
By Visordown News on 26/10/2010 18:09:14
Italy hit hardest by economic slump
2008: 1,730,821 units down to 1,281,296 in 2010.Italy rated as the worst-performing country with a drop of 26.3 per cent in the third quarter compared to 2009. The Italian Ministry of Industry are set to combat the slump by renewing financial subsidies
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Industry Eye: Dividend for Harley-Davidson shareho
By Tim Skilton on 12/12/2007 11:40:30
Payout agreed despite recent financial woes
HARLEY DAVIDSON, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.30 per share for the fourth quarter of 2007. The dividend is payable December 28, 2007 to the holders of record of the Company's common stock
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2011 Kawasaki Z750R launch: UK price revealed
By Visordown News on 07/12/2010 10:53:17
Check back throughout the day for regular updates from European launch
KAWASAKI UK has revealed prices and availability of the company's 2011 Z750R naked.The three-quarter litre machine will go on sale in January 2011 at £7140, including 20% VAT.Visordown's on the European launch of the all-new 750cc naked, so check
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KTM & Piaggo - tough times for Euro bike brands
By Visordown News on 13/05/2008 11:59:59
Both Piaggio and KTM admit that the global economic downturn is causing them pain in their corporate wallets
, it actually increased turnover by 9.5 per cent to £225.6m. But operating profit plummeted by 30.4 per cent to £12.3m - and this figure included a one-off gain of £8.2m from a disposal of the WP suspension business. Net profit was down by 19.2 per cent
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